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Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter with support from Shell has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand While the technology still faces many significant ...
How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular look has been discovered by RUB chemists led by Professor Dominik Marx The molecule CH5+ is normally not to be described by ...
The research team led by Academy Research Fellow Heikki M Tuononen has been able to identify the mechanism which enables some non metal compounds to mimic the reactivity of their metal based counterparts Chemical reactivity ...
By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury which is far more toxic scientists have just taken a significant step toward protecting human health Share This See Also Genes Human Biology Dentistry Chemistry ...
Electrochemistry
With the daily mean concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide having reached 400 parts per million for the first time in human history the need for carbon neutral alternatives to fossil fuel energy has never been ...
Biophysical Chemistry
A colloid is a substance spread out evenly inside another substance Everyday examples include milk styrofoam hair sprays paints shaving foam gels and even dust mud and fog One of the most interesting properties of ...
Theoretical Chemistry
The harder you pull the quicker it goes At least that used to be the rule in mechanochemistry a method that researchers apply to set chemical reactions in motion by means of mechanical forces However ...
- Scientists capture first images of molecules before and after reaction
- Models from big molecules captured in a flash
- Detecting mirror molecules: New technique reliably tells left-handed from right-handed variant of a compound
- Unique method creates correct mirror image of molecule
- World's smallest liquid droplets ever made in the lab, experiment suggests
Carbohydrate Chemistry
As spring warms up Wisconsin humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens At the University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Bacteriology colonies of leaf cutter ants cultivate thriving communities of fungi and bacteria using ...
- Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more
- Wood not so green a biofuel? Logging may have greater impact on carbon emissions than previously thought
- Metal-free catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell
- Catalyst could jump-start e-cars, green energy
- Charge your mobile phone with formic acid?
Scientific Communication
A new type of soil property maps for Africa has been launched by ISRIC − World Soil Information in Wageningen Netherlands The maps are freely accessible Share This See Also Geography Landslides Acid Rain Global ...
- Collaborations Between Cooks and Chemists Push the Boundaries of Taste
- Global Leaders of $3.5 Trillion Enterprise Gathering for Two Days of Talks
- Communicating the science of the '6x°C egg'
- Communicating the Science of the '6x deg.C Egg' -- and Much More
- Energy and Food Are the Focus of the American Chemical Society Meeting in 'The Big Easy'
Chemical Biology
The scientific cooperation between chemists biotechnologists and physicists from various Catalan institutes headed by Pau Gorostiza from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia IBEC and Ernest Giralt from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine IRB ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Tiny implants to monitor bodily functions or to provide insulin or any other drug based on immediate need would be an advancement in personalized medicine but a problem inherent in implants is the tendency of ...
- Life underground: Microbes active far beneath seafloor
- Nanofiber sensor detects diabetes or lung cancer faster and easier
- Natural Products Drug Discovery Group explores plant potential
- Dense hydrogen in a new light
- Study Links Chemicals Widely Found in Plastics and Processed Food to Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
Materials Science
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology UNIST S Korea developed a novel simple method to synthesize hierarchically nanoporous frameworks of nanocrystalline metal oxides such as magnesia and ceria by the thermal conversion ...
- Artificial bone: Designing synthetic materials and quickly turning the design into reality with 3-D printing
- Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
- Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives
- Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
- Silicon-based nanoparticles could make LEDs cheaper, greener to produce
Food Chemistry
The six noble gases do not normally dissolve into minerals leaving earth scientists to wonder how they are subducted back into the Earth Researchers at Brown have discovered that the lattice structure of minerals such ...
- Luminous bacterial proteins detect chemicals in water
- Deep biosphere harbors active, growing communities of microorganisms
- Detection of apple juices and cereals which exceed permitted levels of mycotoxins
- Water governs cell movement: Aquaporins play key role, new research finds
- Competing for milk can be a stressful thing for hyena twin siblings
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- Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more
- Prefab houses that are glued, not nailed, together
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- Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives
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- Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
- DNA brings materials to life: DNA-coated colloids help create novel self-assembling materials
- Silicon-based nanoparticles could make LEDs cheaper, greener to produce
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- Luminous bacterial proteins detect chemicals in water
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- New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy
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- Filmmaking magic with polymers
- Carbon dioxide absorption in Antarctic seas
- Researchers sequence the genome of global deep ocean
- Iron fertilization, process of putting iron into ocean to help capture carbon, could backfire
- Moving Iron in Antarctica
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- Life underground: Microbes active far beneath seafloor
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